Re: [gnso-pednr-dt] "Competition" in the Secondary Domain Name Market
great discussion! i too am sorry to have missed the call (and to compound my delinquency, i haven't had time to listen to the MP3 yet either). here are a few tidbits for conversation...
a friend of mine used the following definition of "monopoly" in a recent blog post (on broadband, not domain names) which appeared in lots of places when i Googled the text: "the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service." we seem to be agreeing that there is a period in the domain-expiration cycle where registrars have exclusive control over the domain name -- so maybe we want to use that language rather than "monopoly"? it seems to me that it's almost inevitable that there will be such a period.
if we presume that there's a period of exclusive-control, it seems to me that it might be useful to clearly describe; • what that period is • what the "rules of the road" are during that period • whether those rules are theoretically sufficient to protect the interests of all parties • see how consistently those rules are being applied, and • determine if anything needs to be done (clarify/strengthen/ publicize the rules, change the interval of exclusive control, etc.) mikey - - - - - - - - - phone 651-647-6109 fax 866-280-2356 web www.haven2.com handle OConnorStP (ID for public places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.)
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